Population in Cameroon compared to Oman: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and Oman: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Oman	Cameroon	Oman
1960	5,159,057	530,485	-	-
1961	5,239,273	539,854	1.55%	1.77%
1962	5,338,620	549,941	1.9%	1.87%
1963	5,456,623	560,827	2.21%	1.98%
1964	5,578,257	572,577	2.23%	2.1%
1965	5,704,686	585,236	2.27%	2.21%
1966	5,837,295	598,804	2.32%	2.32%
1967	5,977,318	613,318	2.4%	2.42%
1968	6,125,863	628,798	2.49%	2.52%
1969	6,283,462	645,255	2.57%	2.62%
1970	6,449,793	662,680	2.65%	2.7%
1971	6,624,408	681,119	2.71%	2.78%
1972	6,806,872	700,593	2.75%	2.86%
1973	6,996,660	721,179	2.79%	2.94%
1974	7,193,583	746,988	2.81%	3.58%
1975	7,397,120	778,864	2.83%	4.27%
1976	7,597,962	814,701	2.72%	4.6%
1977	7,796,501	855,314	2.61%	4.99%
1978	8,011,921	900,304	2.76%	5.26%
1979	8,239,641	949,116	2.84%	5.42%
1980	8,512,219	1,001,248	3.31%	5.49%
1981	8,816,377	1,057,320	3.57%	5.6%
1982	9,028,678	1,117,678	2.41%	5.71%
1983	9,215,397	1,181,459	2.07%	5.71%
1984	9,475,078	1,247,716	2.82%	5.61%
1985	9,761,730	1,325,480	3.03%	6.23%
1986	10,060,342	1,413,419	3.06%	6.63%
1987	10,370,749	1,500,996	3.09%	6.2%
1988	10,684,968	1,588,568	3.03%	5.83%
1989	11,002,745	1,676,228	2.97%	5.52%
1990	11,331,821	1,763,954	2.99%	5.23%
1991	11,667,180	1,851,473	2.96%	4.96%
1992	12,006,353	1,938,238	2.91%	4.69%
1993	12,353,131	2,021,675	2.89%	4.3%
1994	12,704,903	2,081,834	2.85%	2.98%
1995	13,058,516	2,120,528	2.78%	1.86%
1996	13,414,757	2,156,926	2.73%	1.72%
1997	13,775,214	2,190,720	2.69%	1.57%
1998	14,144,860	2,222,489	2.68%	1.45%
1999	14,525,140	2,252,909	2.69%	1.37%
2000	14,912,631	2,282,131	2.67%	1.3%
2001	15,309,490	2,310,217	2.66%	1.23%
2002	15,725,528	2,337,140	2.72%	1.17%
2003	16,160,340	2,363,796	2.77%	1.14%
2004	16,610,487	2,404,821	2.79%	1.74%
2005	17,074,594	2,459,802	2.79%	2.29%
2006	17,550,407	2,514,795	2.79%	2.24%
2007	18,049,896	2,570,174	2.85%	2.2%
2008	18,574,056	2,626,529	2.9%	2.19%
2009	19,113,974	2,684,659	2.91%	2.21%
2010	19,668,066	2,757,446	2.9%	2.71%
2011	20,232,304	3,076,763	2.87%	11.6%
2012	20,809,529	3,547,106	2.85%	15.3%
2013	21,402,376	3,833,913	2.85%	8.09%
2014	22,059,893	4,002,439	3.07%	4.4%
2015	22,763,414	4,184,895	3.19%	4.56%
2016	23,454,161	4,390,877	3.03%	4.92%
2017	24,128,601	4,537,396	2.88%	3.34%
2018	24,806,383	4,597,877	2.81%	1.33%
2019	25,506,095	4,591,241	2.82%	-0.14%
2020	26,210,558	4,522,497	2.76%	-1.5%
2021	26,915,758	4,500,424	2.69%	-0.49%
2022	27,632,771	4,730,226	2.66%	5.11%
2023	28,372,687	5,049,269	2.68%	6.74%
2024	29,123,744	5,281,538	2.65%	4.6%
2025	29,879,335	5,494,693	2.59%	4.04%
2026	30,640,810	5,671,451	2.55%	3.22%
2027	31,410,378	5,814,719	2.51%	2.53%
2028	32,190,667	5,929,317	2.48%	1.97%
2029	32,979,275	6,026,178	2.45%	1.63%
2030	33,777,182	6,112,708	2.42%	1.44%
2031	34,584,118	6,194,366	2.39%	1.34%
2032	35,399,666	6,275,465	2.36%	1.31%
2033	36,223,480	6,356,248	2.33%	1.29%
2034	37,054,803	6,436,919	2.29%	1.27%
2035	37,893,817	6,517,799	2.26%	1.26%
2036	38,742,461	6,599,101	2.24%	1.25%
2037	39,600,369	6,681,041	2.21%	1.24%
2038	40,463,007	6,763,781	2.18%	1.24%
2039	41,332,840	6,847,380	2.15%	1.24%
2040	42,207,999	6,931,970	2.12%	1.24%
2041	43,089,974	7,017,684	2.09%	1.24%
2042	43,976,014	7,104,475	2.06%	1.24%
2043	44,857,795	7,192,217	2.01%	1.24%
2044	45,741,469	7,280,846	1.97%	1.23%
2045	46,629,033	7,370,221	1.94%	1.23%
2046	47,519,028	7,460,268	1.91%	1.22%
2047	48,413,775	7,550,973	1.88%	1.22%
2048	49,308,762	7,642,323	1.85%	1.21%
2049	50,203,267	7,734,352	1.81%	1.2%
2050	51,096,315	7,826,991	1.78%	1.2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Oman gained 1,876,082 people (a 74.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Oman's population increased by 1,282,139 (a 29.2% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Oman was ranked 138th in 2006 and ranked 118th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Cameroon's population will grow by 66.7% to 51,096,315 people with a rank change from 51st to 41st. The population of Oman will increase by 38% to 7,826,991 people and rank change from 118th to 113th.